Richard Buckner: Town

Listen carefully to the vocal leap Buckner takes at the end of the first line of the chorus of this brisk and meaty song: as he holds that upward-tilting note his voice stretches and intensifies in marvelous ways. It's a subtle but beautiful and memorable hook right there; what solidifies it as the center of a beautiful and memorable song are the chords the veteran singer/songwriter employs to create the structure around the hook: a sweet descending series falling away from the initial leap upward. This song is very likely to stick in
your head for hours after hearing it.